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Charismatic_yogiB82A
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May 9, 2012

P: CS6 Slow compared to CS5.1 with large files

  • May 9, 2012
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PS CS6 has a lot of enhancements and great features. it launches very fast, and the control is very responsive and smooth.

although i am experiencing some speed issues with very large files. compared to CS5.1, where i don't have any of these issues.

the files are PSBs, 9000x8000px, 80+layers, RGB, 8bit

i have the same performance settings for both, cs6 and cs5
i am working on MAC PRO, 16GB ram, SSD scratch, 2TB raid, Radeon HD 5770, Snow Leopard.

the main issues i have are:

- no refresh when i move the curve on adjustment layer. the refresh comes after i let go.
- jagged pan
- extremely slow moving of layers and layer groups, even if they are with smaller dimensions (800x400pix)

again, working with files with less layers or smaller dimensions is very fast.

thanks for your help and support!
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    BHNS
    Participant
    August 31, 2012
    Just updated:
    Adobe Photoshop Version: 13.0.1 (13.0.1 20120808.r.519 2012/08/08:21:00:00) x32
    But still have same issue
    Noel Carboni
    Noel Carboni
    Legend
    August 31, 2012
    Thanks for the feedback.

    You might want to try installing the 13.0.1 Photoshop update, made available yesterday, and please report back whether it makes a difference in what you're seeing.

    -Noel
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    BHNS
    Participant
    August 31, 2012
    Adobe Photoshop Version: 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00) x32
    Operating System: Windows XP 32-bit
    Version: 5.1 Service Pack 3
    System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:10, Stepping:7 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
    Physical processor count: 4
    Processor speed: 2993 MHz
    Built-in memory: 3697 MB
    Free memory: 552 MB
    Memory available to Photoshop: 1717 MB
    Memory used by Photoshop: 60 %

    PSD 1200x3400px With many layer and 15 layer comps just over 80MB
    Noel Carboni
    Noel Carboni
    Legend
    August 31, 2012
    With version... ????

    -Noel
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    BHNS
    Participant
    August 31, 2012
    Having same issues on Windows
    Noel Carboni
    Noel Carboni
    Legend
    August 31, 2012
    I've just tested laden m's "dots" image with 13.0.1 and now I find I can move the dots around with a visibly higher frame rate than with Photoshop CS5 on the same PC workstation (I'd say maybe 6 FPS vs. 4), where the speed with 13.0.0 was about the same as CS5 or maybe a hair slower before. Certainly something has been done to make the operation more efficient.

    -Noel
    Noel Carboni
    Noel Carboni
    Legend
    August 31, 2012
    All you folks who have experienced performance problems should ensure you get the 13.0.1 update as soon as possible.

    Choose Help - Updates in Photoshop if you haven't already been notified of the update.

    Or visit one of these links:

    Macintosh: http://www.adobe.com/support/download...

    Windows: http://www.adobe.com/support/download...

    Good luck - I hope the problems are all fixed for you!

    -Noel
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    8ardock
    Participant
    August 25, 2012
    Fixed all my CS6 problem and Mountain Lion performance.
    What i did? uninstall cs6 and back to cs 5.5.
    Even my mac runs smooth, try it, you wont regret it.

    Don ́t know what Cs6 did to my mac but it was so sloooooow, with any kind of files.
    Now it runs perfect with the cs5.5.

    Maybe ill try cs6.1 in the future or something much stable.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    August 24, 2012
    No update I can share with you yet.

    But remember that MacOS 10.8 came out recently, and Win8 RTM, and we might have other things to deal with that hold up a dot release.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    August 24, 2012
    Please see the official response at the top of the topic.
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